Search Results

IST 310. Spreadsheet and Database Applications. 3 Hours.

This course focuses on analyzing business data and solving business problems with spreadsheet and database management software. The main objective of the course is to expose students to tools that will help them transform data into decisions. Students are expected to master intermediate and advanced spreadsheet skills such as logical functions, PivotTables, and macros. Additionally, students will build a database that will then be manipulated, queried, and exported to Microsoft Excel in order to perform data analysis and modeling. Students must bring a portable computing device that runs the most current full version of Microsoft Excel that is available for free from KU to every class session. Prerequisite: ACCT 200. LEC.